MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 39.32,-80.29 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 176 SFC 971 425 17.4 12.0 71 5.4 14.1 76 3 293.0 294.6 288.4 319.1 9.12 2 950 617 21.3 10.0 49 11.2 14.4 76 8 298.8 300.2 289.6 322.7 8.15 3 900 1083 18.2 7.0 48 11.3 11.7 82 7 300.3 301.6 289.0 321.0 6.98 4 850 1570 14.2 4.5 52 9.7 8.8 80 5 301.0 302.1 288.6 319.5 6.20 5 800 2077 9.6 3.0 63 6.6 6.1 136 4 301.4 302.5 288.5 319.2 5.94 6 750 2609 5.7 -3.7 51 9.4 1.3 219 8 302.8 303.5 286.9 314.6 3.88 7 700 3170 2.4 -16.4 23 18.8 -4.1 252 7 305.2 305.4 285.3 310.0 1.52 8 650 3765 -0.9 -17.9 26 17.0 -6.5 290 7 307.9 308.2 286.2 312.6 1.44 9 600 4398 -4.6 -25.1 18 20.5 -10.1 312 6 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.6 0.83 10 550 5078 -8.5 -33.6 11 25.1 -13.7 348 5 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.5 0.41 11 500 5810 -13.3 -37.6 11 24.2 -17.6 1 5 316.8 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.30 12 450 6602 -19.2 -29.1 41 10.0 -21.2 357 7 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.8 0.76 13 400 7466 -26.2 -31.6 61 5.4 -27.1 1 8 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.3 0.68 14 350 8416 -33.7 -45.8 29 12.0 -34.7 350 12 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 15 300 9482 -40.3 -56.2 17 15.9 -41.1 338 15 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.06 16 250 10704 -47.7 -59.5 24 11.8 -48.1 318 22 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12148 -55.6 -62.1 44 6.5 -55.7 335 24 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 13979 -55.4 -79.6 3 24.3 -55.7 289 30 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16541 -58.7 -84.2 2 25.5 -59.1 291 9 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.67 m Freezing level: 663.65 mb = 3602.11 m = 11817.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.86 mb = 2741.70 m = 8994.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.30 mb = 1118.54 m = 3669.72 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.63 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2672.83 m = 8769.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 13.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7497.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.31 mb = 2209.02 m = 7247.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.6 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 356.6 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: -6.7 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s